Two men allegedly robbed Glasford bank at knifepoint

GLASFORD — Two men were quickly apprehended with a shoebox full of cash after allegedly robbing Glasford State Bank at knifepoint Thursday morning.

Kevin Angus, 26, of Canton entered the bank about 10:10 a.m. wearing a black hoodie and black pants and used a knife to rob a handful of employees on the main floor of the building, Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy said.

An employee in a bathroom in the basement, meanwhile, called 911. Police from multiple agencies rushed to the scene.

Two possible suspects were stopped in Mapleton and on Illinois Route 9 at the Fulton County line, but neither man was connected to the heist, McCoy said.

Within hours, the investigation focused on an unspecified house on Essex Street, just blocks from the bank.

Angus was taken into custody there, along with Josh Wernsman, 24, also of Canton, and an unidentified female. Angus and Wernsman each were booked into the Peoria County Jail on a charge of armed robbery.

The female was questioned by police but was not expected to be charged in connection with the robbery.

“We did this through the help of cameras and surveillance,” McCoy said, displaying an orange shoebox full of money that was recovered from the suspects. “This is a good day for the Sheriff’s Office — things lined up right.”

Angus and Wernsman appear to have previously been arrested together for an armed robbery, according to jail records. Both men were booked on armed robbery charges on Sept. 23, 2008, though details of the incident were not immediately available Thursday.

Wernsman was never charged in that incident, but Angus eventually was convicted of felony robbery and remanded to the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. His sentence had been discharged by the time of his arrest Thursday.

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